At 8:30 a.m. this morning, a level 3 security analyst, Mikey “The Jedi” Allbright of [COMPANY NAME REDACTED], announced he’ll be leaving for the next six months due to “seriously fatigued fingers” and “a wonky eye” resulting from viewing and traversing too many screens in the course of his daily…
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A few years back, a business association asked me to deliver a cybersecurity presentation. I knew some in attendance would report back to their respective board of directors, and I expected it to be a challenging session because cybersecurity knowledge and literacy would be all over the map. It’s a…
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Security operations centers (SOCs) are leaning more and more on technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) and orchestration are finding their way into the detection and response activities of the modern SOC. Although large chunks of these activities are being programmed, there are still some people-oriented aspects that will never be…
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Who doesn’t love new technology, especially when it promises to make tasks easier and improve productivity? That eagerness to add new technology — something IT staff often encourages security leadership to do — has led to the digital transformation, the use of digital technology to solve problems. Smartphones, tablets and…
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